February 14, 2007 • 26 Shevat 5767Mishpacha Issue 146

14Point of View: Tough Decisions Require Gentle Explanations Rabbi Moshe Grylak

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16Outlook: Look Before You Leap Yonoson Rosenblum

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24Multiculturalism: A Blessing or a Curse? Shira Yehudit Djlilmand

Multiculturalism looks good at first glance. But when protecting our rights to live Jewish lives in Europe aligns us with Muslim extremists, something has indeed gone wrong.

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28The Gift of Giving Gavriel Horan

“Never…was so much owed by so many to so few...” That’s Winston Churchill after the Battle of Britain. But change the “so few” to another “so many” and, with more than a quarter of Israel’s citizens living below the poverty line, the description could just as readily describe Hazon Yeshaya and its donors and volunteers — providing thousands of free meals, job training, dental treatment, and day care to Israel’s most needy.

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32Recollections of a Life in the Shade of teh Gerrer Rebbes Yisroel Besser

Rav Nachman Elbaum shares his memories of five Gerrer Rebbes, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Beis Yisroel.

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42Cover: The More Things Change Ruchama Paz

Sitting around changing money; what could be easier? But there’s much, much more to the life of a money changer, and some of it’s not so nice.

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50Where Carpentry Meets Art C. Brosch

He does make furniture. But what Reb Simchah Paluch does best is turn wood into works of religious art.

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54Right on the Money: The Polygraph and Halachah Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galisnky

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58Seriously Speaking: How Sad It IS Binyamin Rose

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69Manana Esther Sender

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70Celebration at Mishpacha Staff

For those of you who couldn't be there, Mishpacha invites you for an "inside look" as we celebrate our chanukas habayis at our new editorial offices in Jerusalem.

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